He dies. Or maybe Tolstoy didn't have it in his head to write some big uplifting story...
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Jack Linden:
He tried to defend all of those things to himself and suddenly felt the weakness of what he was defending - there was nothing to defend. Unknown student:
Bo-ring. Jack Linden:
Jim? Joe Ritchie:
So, everything in his life turns out to be false? Female student:
He sure doesn't do much about it. Jack Linden:
Doesn't do much? He finds God. Female student:
That tiny bit at the end? About seeing a light and there being no more pain, is that it? Jack Linden:
Heh. Well, the guy does do one major thing... Unknown student:
What's that? Jack Linden:
He dies. Or maybe Tolstoy didn't have it in his head to write some big uplifting story about the way we're supposed to live our lives. Maybe he just wanted to show us what it was like to die
He tried to defend all of those things to himself and suddenly felt the weakness of what he was defending - there was nothing to defend. Unknown student:
Bo-ring. Jack Linden:
Jim? Joe Ritchie:
So, everything in his life turns out to be false? Female student:
He sure doesn't do much about it. Jack Linden:
Doesn't do much? He finds God. Female student:
That tiny bit at the end? About seeing a light and there being no more pain, is that it? Jack Linden:
Heh. Well, the guy does do one major thing... Unknown student:
What's that? Jack Linden:
He dies. Or maybe Tolstoy didn't have it in his head to write some big uplifting story about the way we're supposed to live our lives. Maybe he just wanted to show us what it was like to die
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JACK He tried to defend all those things to himself
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and suddenly felt the weakness of what he was defending
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There was nothing to defend
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STUDENT Boring
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Jim
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So everything in his life turns out to be false
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Sure doesn't do much about it
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Doesn't do much He finds God
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GIRL That tiny bit at the end
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About seeing a light and there being no more pain
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Is that it
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Well the guy does do one major thing
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JIM What's that
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He dies
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And maybe Tolstoy didn't have it in his head
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to write some big uplifting story
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about the way we're supposed to live our lives
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Maybe he just wanted to show us what it was like to die
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Movie Summary
An indiscretion between two close friends tears down their respective marriages.
